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Kenny Malone, Drummer
Profiles, Sad But True, United States

Kenny Malone, Drummer

Drummer Kenny Malone, a prolific session player who played on hits for Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard and many others, has died. He was 83. Malone's friend and former bandmate Dave Pomeroy said he died Thursday after being diagnosed with COVID-19. The American drummer and percussionist from Denver, Colorado was known for inventing his own style of hand drumming. Since the 1970s, Malone was a prominent session musician in folk, country, and many other acoustic-based genres. His friend and former bandmate Dave Pomeroy said he died Thursday after being diagnosed with COVID-19, according to Billboard.com. Malone is credited on hundreds of records made in Nashville, including albums like Parton's 'Jolene', and Jennings' 'Dreaming My Dreams'. Among the other artists Malone played wi...
John Hsane Hgyi, Myanmar bishop
Myanmar, Noteworthy, Profiles

John Hsane Hgyi, Myanmar bishop

John Hsane Hgyi 68, Bishop of Pathein, in southern Myanmar has succumbed to Covid-19 on Thursday. Quoting church officials reports said that the late bishop had stayed in his room in self-isolation after feeling unwell since July 16. “He also suffered from diabetes and had a low oxygen level last night and the clergy tried to give medication through the help of doctors. But he passed away around 6.15am today,” the reports quoted Father Henry Eikhlein, social-pastoral program director of Pathein Diocese as having said. His funeral service was being held with limited attendees under Covid-19 regulations on July 22 afternoon. Bishop Hsane Hgyi frequently reminded priests, religious and laypeople about Covid-19 prevention and urged them to focus on raising awareness of the dea...
Tapu Mishra, singer
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Tapu Mishra, singer

Famous Odiya singer Tapu Mishra passed away due to post-COVID complications in Bhubaneshwar, family sources said on June 20. She was 36. The singer, who breathed her last on the night of June 19 at a private hospital in the Odisha’s capital, was put on ventilator support two days ago after her oxygen level dropped to 45. The lungs of Tapu, who was admitted on May 19, also suffered extensive damages The Ministry of Culture sanctioned ₹1,00,000 for her treatment from the Artiste Welfare Fund as her family members planned to shift her to Kolkata for an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) treatment, sources said. The Odiya film industry, or Ollywood, also started raising funds for the treatment of Tapu, who debuted in Odiya film Kulanandan. Tapu, who had lent her voi...
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, politician
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Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, politician

Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, an Indian politician, passed away at Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on September 13, 2020, following complications arising from Coronavirus Just two days after he sent a hand-written note to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav notifying him of his decision to resign from the party after being in it for over three decades, senior party leader and former state minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh passed away from Covid-19-related complications. Singh, a lifelong fixture of the RJD, died on Sunday morning at the AIIMS. He was 74. Yadav, who had summarily rejected Singh’s resignation asking him to get well first and then talk about his future with the RJD, reacted in disbelief saying “Dear Raghuvansh ...
Xavier Rego, policeman
India, Neighbors, Profiles

Xavier Rego, policeman

Xavier Rego, an Indian policeman, passed away from Covid-19 on Sunday morning (September 13, 2020). The 53-year-old inspector, who was attached to Vakola police station and had recently been hospitalized after a minor road accident, was not on duty and was recovering. As per the protocol, samples were collected for a Covid test, which came out positive later on Sunday. A 1993 batch police inspector, Rego was earlier attached to Borivali police station as a Police Inspector (Crime) before being transferred to Dindoshi police station a few months ago. According to sources, Rego was involved in a road accident a fortnight ago and had sustained minor injuries and a hand fracture. After this accident, however, Rego was recovering and recuperating from the injuries. During h...
Mark Ivester, educationist
Neighbors, Profiles, United States

Mark Ivester, educationist

Mark Ivester, the president of North Georgia Technical College, died on September 12, 2020, from COVID-19. Gov. Brian Kemp said in a post on Twitter that he, first lady Marty Kemp and their daughters “are praying for the loved ones, colleagues, and community” of Ivester following his death. The pandemic has spread less severely in North Georgia, except in the Habersham County area, where the college is located, according to state Department of Public Health data assembled by the AJC. According to the Acree-Davis Funeral Home, Ivester, 57, died Saturday at Northeast Georgia Health System’s hospital in Braselton. He became ill on Aug. 5, was hospitalized on Aug. 16, and spent a month in intensive care, according to the website Nowhabersham.com.
Dr Sivaramakrishna Iyer, cardiologist
India, Medics, Profiles

Dr Sivaramakrishna Iyer, cardiologist

Dr Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavati, a pioneering cardiologist who had established the country’s first cardiac care unit at Delhi’s Govind Ballabh Pant hospital, died of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the night on August 29, 2020. She was 103. Born in Myanmar, she fled to India after the Japanese invasion during World War II and became the country’s first woman cardiologist. She was diagnosed with Covid-19 11 days ago and was admitted to the National Heart Institute (NHI), which she had founded in 1981. “Although on oxygen, she was fairly stable till Saturday morning when there was an acute drop in the oxygen saturation. She had to be put on a ventilator and passed away at night. Even though her body had given up on her – she was wheelchair bound for the last five years – she was ...
H Vasanthakumar, politician
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H Vasanthakumar, politician

H Vasanthakumar, Congress MP from Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari who had tested positive for the coronavirus, died on August 28, 2020. The 70-year old leader was admitted to an Apollo Hospital in Chennai on August 10 with a coronavirus infection. He was in critical condition after contracting severe pneumonia and had been placed on ventilator support, doctors said. "Despite all active medical measures, his condition deteriorated gradually due to COVID complications and he passed away today," the hospital said. Fondly called Annachi or brother, he is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter, a party spokesperson said. A first-time MP from Tamil Nadu, H Vasanthakumar had also been elected MLA twice in the past from the Nanguneri assembly constituency and was...
Rahat Indori, poet
India, Noteworthy, Profiles

Rahat Indori, poet

Rahat Indori, a renowned Urdu poet who had tested positive for coronavirus, passed away at an Indore hospital in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on August 11, 2020, after suffering two heart attacks, said doctors treating him. “He suffered two heart attacks today and could not be saved. He was admitted to hospital on Sunday, after testing positive for Covid-19. He had 60% pneumonia,” Dr Vinod Bhandari of Sri Aurobindo Hospital was quoted as saying. Indori’s Twitter bio describes him as “Indian Poet, Painter, Bollywood Lyricist”. Before he checked himself into a hospital for treatment, the poet had tweeted about him being coronavirus positive, asking people to pray for his quick recovery. He further asked people to not call up either him ...
James Harris, WWE legend
Noteworthy, Profiles, United States

James Harris, WWE legend

James Harris, a WWE legend, popularly known to fans as Kamala, passed away at age 70 from Covid-19-related complications on August 9, 2020. Behind the frightening face paint of Kamala, the 6-foot-7, 380-pound Harris battled the greatest Superstars in sports-entertainment history, including Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker and Andre the Giant. He wrestled more than 400 matches over the course of several stretches with the WWE. "He terrorised opponents and thrilled audiences in Mid-South, World Class Championship Wrestling, WCW and WWE until 2006," WWE said in a statement. "WWE extends its condolences to Harris' family, friends and fans," it added. Expressing remorse, WWE NXT General Manager William Regal said on Instagram: "My deepest condolences to ...